With the latest debate relating to Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif I wonder if it's time to look at corpus separatum for Jerusalem again?
Perhaps this is the ONLY way to find a peaceful solution to the 'Jerusalem question'?
Take a ball from squabbling kids, no more squabbling...
No
Jerusalem was and is jewish. Muslims pray on the mount because of Israeli good will.
History from greeks, roman, byzantines, persians and even early islam, when Jerusalem was conquered, gave recognition of the jewish mount and temples.
Al-Aqsa was built so as not to interfere with the faithful pilgrimages, off to the side out of the way.
Muslims have shared the mount when it suits them. They do not have a right to deny the history or limit access to others to the mount.
Only Mecca is exclusively muslim,even though it used to have 360 gods there. Palestinians have no right to exclude jewish access to the mount nor claim it as theirs alone.
Jordan gave up claim to Jerusalem. Palestinians never had claim, they had ramallah as their main city and would be capital. At best, jerusalem would have been international, never exclusive to palestinians.
Sorry, arab lost the war, after war, after war.....
They have no right to claim Jerusalem as their capital, be happy they have any access to the mount for prayers.
Muslims want to destroy not just jewish claim but christian as well to the city (city of david). David was a muslim prophet as well, but now muslims deny David, his city, his son and the temple solomon built.
If muslim palestinians can't learn to play nice, they will loose more and more. Even arabs are fed up with them and the money wasted by them. Billions promised have not been paid to support the palestinians because they don't deserve it, just waste it on more violence and destruction.
Jews allow muslims to pray, but muslims won't allow jews or christians to pray there. Such brotherhood for others of the book.
Jerusalem is the most holy site for jews. Could muslims accept not having access to Mecca? To no long go on the hajj? Jews can't sacrifice at the temple. Muslims go berzerk if jews even visit the mount as tourist. Would muslims be content with only being tourist to mecca or have all the 360 god returned to the kaaba?
If muslims can't respect others of the book, they don't deserve access to jerusalem. They certainly don't deserve even an inch to call their capital. They don't even have a state because the palestinians factions can't agree on anything. When palestinians get their shit together, maybe Israel will be willing to talk, or at least listen.